. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Improvement of the Woodlot 1487 Objects.— Such cuttings have several objects: they should gradually remove poor trees, and increase the proportion of the best ones; they should make the timber that is left standing grow more rapidly; they will usually yield some useful wood materials. What to cut.— Instead of first selecting the trees to be cut
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). The Improvement of the Woodlot 1487 Objects.— Such cuttings have several objects: they should gradually remove poor trees, and increase the proportion of the best ones; they should make the timber that is left standing grow more rapidly; they will usually yield some useful wood materials. What to cut.— Instead of first selecting the trees to be cut from a crowded clump, it is better to pick out the best trees in the clump and then decide what trees should be removed in order to help the best ones. In choosing the best trees, we should consider not only the species, or kind, of tree,. Fig. 213.—A stand of young hardwoods in which an improvement cutting has just been completed and the straightness and freedom from knots, but also the crown. If the tree has only a few scraggly branches it will probably not be able to develop into a rapidly growing tree, even if given more light. The best crown is one that is set high on the trunk, leaving a clear trunk below, is compact instead of wide spreading, and is about equally developed on all sides. The aim in thinning should be to get as many of the trees as possible to develop crowns of this kind. If a tree that is otherwise good has its crown hemmed in on one or more sides by other trees, it can, if still vigorous, be enabled to develop a good full crown by removing one or more of its neigh- bors. The trees to be cut should be so chosen that when the thinning is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ith
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